In focus: Closeup of the Ice Island from Petermann Glacier

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In July 2012, a massive ice island broke free of the Petermann
Glacier in northwestern Greenland. On 16 July, the giant iceberg
could be seen drifting down the fjord, away from the floating ice
tongue from which it calved.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert
Simmon, using data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan
ASTER Science Team. Caption by Michon Scott.